The Kingdom and The Keys: Gamified Language Arts

The Path of the Poet

Each word is a jewel. You treat the spaces between words like the spaces between planets, like oceans, separating your ideas. 
You produce, present, and profit, by your spoken word.

These assignments follow the Path of the Poet.

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Mastery Standards (1-3) Reading Literature


Can't Beat the Beats

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Study the "Beat Poet" generation and write response poems in their styles

A New Renaissance

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Study the work of poets who wrote during "The Harlem Renaissance" period and write response poems in their styles

A Certain Slant of Light

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Annotator in Chief

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Annotate music on Rap Genius

Elegy for a Dead World 

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Play the game "Elegy for a Dead World" and discuss your choices as an author "in-game" as well as the game world itself. 

Poetic Literature Review

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Respond to our Primary Text using poetic language

Poetology

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Research famous poets and write in their style and voice

Here and There Along The Echo

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Play the game "Kentucky Route Zero" and discuss the emergent poetry in the game through multiple genre assignments.

The Brownings (UC)

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Research the lives and work of Elizabeth and Robert Browning, and produce poetry in either style


Mastery Standards (4-6) Reading Informational


The Visionary

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Design a new "Key" for one of the many different Paths in this course

Casey's at Bat (UC)

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Respond to sporting events by writing poetic descriptions of the big moments from those games

Dr. Resume, I Presume

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Create an updated Resume to use to apply to jobs... and then make a bunch of fake resumes!

Digested News (UC)

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Respond to current events through poetry with links to news articles you are responding to 

Language to Persuade (UC)

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Research into historic propaganda techniques and apply them to your interests


Mastery Standards (7-8) Language and Mechanics


The Art of Language

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Produce Sentence Diagram Posters of famous quotes and sayings

The Flow Must Flow (UC)

Return to a long-form writing assignment from the past and edit it for flow while tracking changes
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The Grammarian - Fundamental English Grammar

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Work on your English Grammar for a big boost

Reading in Tongues (UC)

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Find poetry in another language and discuss why it is effective, even in translation

Language Mechanic (UC)

Determine the parts of speech, and types of clauses and phrases being used in famous poems. 
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Meter Eater

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Using famous poems, highlight the use of rhyme and meter in the poems using the correct markings

Mastery Standards (9) Writing


The Chapbook

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Produce a book of poetry while explaining the themes you are exploring in short essay form

Take Us There (UC)

Write poetry that is designed to transport the reader to a specific place and time 
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Vox Populi (Voice of the People)

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Write poems and explain the use of Figurative Language in your work

Form of Flattery

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Research poetry you enjoy and write poems in the style and form of that author on your own topics

Keeper of Words

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Research interesting vocabulary and correctly incorporate it into your writing

Poetic Form Challenge 

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Write poems in different poetic types


Mastery Standards (10) Speech


Slam Champ (UC)

Read aloud Slam Poems and explain meaning to an audience
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Poet Path Defense

Defend why you can get a job using the skills you have built while pursuing this path
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Cassanova (UC)

Read aloud famous love poetry and explain the context to an audience
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My Barbaric Yawp (UC)

Read aloud famous transcendentalist poetry and explain the meanings
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while following "The Path of The Poet"

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